May 12th, 2008

Fox Films will rerelease John Wayne’s first film, The Big Trail on a special DVD set this week. I got a few advanced copies and was impressed with the work Cloverland Productions did on the special features disc. I was happy to be a part of the production. It turned out well. I have a couple of copies to give away and will send them out to readers if they write and let me know who they are. I received an email from a cowboy poet named T. Michael McClure. He kindly sent me a poem he’d written about Abraham Lincoln and it’s very good. Keep an eye out for his work and thank you, Mr. McClure for letting me read your poem. I’ll be at Barnes and Noble in Citrus Heights this Saturday signing copies of the John Wayne DVD and the book The Young Duke. I look forward to meeting many of you there.